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SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 1981

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PRICE AND VOLUME MOVEMENTS OF EXTERNAL TRADE, MAY 1981

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THE PRICES OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS AND OF IMPORTS ROSE BY 9 PER CENT AND 11 PER CENT RESPECTIVELY IN MAY 1981 COMPARED WITH MAY 1980, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED TODAY BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT.

AS A RESULT, THE TERMS OF TRADE INDEX (EXPRESSED AS A RATIO OF THE DOMESTIC EXPORT PRICE INDEX TO THE IMPORT PRICE INDEX) DECLINED BY 2 PER CENT.

THE VOLUME OF IMPORTS INCREASED BY 12 PER CENT WHILE THAT OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS ROSE BY 6 PER CENT. THE PRICES OF RE-EXPORTS INCREASED BY 8 PER CENT, WITH VOLUME UP BY 25 PER CENT, SO THAT FOR TOTAL EXPORTS, PRICES ROSE BY 9 PER CENT AND VOLUME ROSE BY 12 PER CENT.

PRICES ARE BASED ON UNIT VALUES WHICH DO NOT TAKE INTO ACCOUNT CHANGES IN THE COMPOSITION OR QUALITY OF GOODS TRADED. CHANGES IN THE VOLUME OF TRADE ARE DERIVED FROM CHANGES IN TRADE VALUES, AFTER DISCOUNTING THE EFFECT OF PRICE CHANGES.

THE CHANGES IN THE VALUE, UNIT VALUE AND VOLUME OF DOMESTIC EXPORTS BY COMMODITY GROUP ARE SHOWN BELOW

CHANGES COMPARING MAY 1981 WITH MAY 1980

EXPORT

VALUE

EXPORT UNIT VALUE

EXPORT VOLUME

CLOTHING (EXCEPT FUR)

+13%

+10%

+ 3%

TEXTILE FABRICS

+29%

+ 4%

+23%

TEXTILE YARN AND THREAD

+ 8%

+10%

2%

TEXTILE MADE-UPS AND

RELATED ARTICLES

+1496

+11%

+ 3%

ALL TRANSISTORIZED RADIOS

+ 3%

+ 9%

59%

ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS

+61%

+20%

+33%

FOOTWEAR

+37%

1%%

+39%

METAL MANUFACTURES

+ 2%

+ 6%

METAL ORES AND SCRAP

-42%

WATCHES AND CLOCKS

+11%

ALL COMMODITIES

+15%

+ 9%

븙 멓

4%

2%

-41%

5%

+17%

+ 6%

THE EXPORT